Maybe There’s
a Better Way

We’re not very good at sitting still. If anything, we’re a little restless. Being happy with discontent has got us a long way. Back in the 1980s it was just a handful of us exploring the idea of vacuum packed lamb chops for export. And now, we’re a team of 300-odd exporting high-quality red meat to the world. We’re renowned as innovative thinkers, smart business people and pleasant folk to deal with.

Maybe There’s
a Better Way

We’re not very good at sitting still. If anything, we’re a little restless. Being happy with discontent has got us a long way. Back in the 1980s it was just a handful of us exploring the idea of vacuum packed lamb chops for export. And now, we’re a team of 300-odd exporting high-quality red meat to the world. We’re renowned as innovative thinkers, smart business people and pleasant folk to deal with.

There’s a simple phrase that drives everything we do at Progressive Meats. Continuous improvement. It’s about always seeking change for the better. We look for efficiencies in everything we do from improving productivity and optimising resource, to adding value for our customers and enhancing the eating quality of our product.

Operating at the leading edge of innovation is important to us. Over the last four decades we have sought out the latest technologies to improve production, profitability and delivery so that everyone in our company succeeds.

Put simply, we process the finest New Zealand red meat for export. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll see that we’re an innovative company with a unique model that offers profitability for everyone involved. We’ve been doing this since 1981 and have fine-tuned the way we work by listening to our suppliers, our partners, our customers and our staff. By developing strong long-term relationships and being focused specialists, we concentrate on what we know and who we associate with; farmers who grow the best lamb, beef and venison around, and our meat brand partners who then deliver it to the world.

How
We Work

We pride ourselves on pushing boundaries in all facets of our business. Our supply programme encourages farmers to make informed decisions via a market led procurement programme. We offer a competitive schedule, prompt kill and valuable feedback, ensuring our farmer suppliers have a supply programme that meets their needs and adds value to their business. We work closely with our farmer suppliers to ensure they understand where they can maximise value from the stock they present for processing.

Our
Partners

The Magpies
Club

The Magpies Club is a unique initiative which allows the whole of Hawke’s Bay’s rural community to ‘own’ the Hawke’s Bay Magpies rugby team. The aim of the Club is to provide a sustainable sponsorship base for the HBRU for the years ahead. The Magpies Club, in association with Progressive Meats, has proudly been the Principal Sponsor of the Magpies since 2009.